where have i been?

i am embarrassed, to say the least, at the date of my last post. almost one month. holy cow. and i am also embarrassed to say that i have been feeling embarrassed a lot these last 30 days. the new year came with a vengeance. everyone and everything that was dormant and sleeping during the holidays just came up and whacked me on the head. and the funny thing: i was excited about getting back to work. 

now, i'm looking at what i just wrote and realizing you probably expect some bad news to come next. how depressing am i! haha no bad news here, just grieving the time i haven't spent writing on my blog. :) 

during this month, i went to dallas to meet with two amazing women i am proud to call a part of my team. tammy kling and sharon lynch of The Writers Group. i cannot express how blessed i feel right now, and i cannot wait to see what the rest of this year holds. 

tammy doing her thing

so, what am i doing right now? 

a. working on my final final read-through of falling stars **COMING OUT MAY 1!!!! i thought my last time to read through it was the last...but it turns out, i have one more week before we go to print, so i'm going through one more time just in case i missed something. you would too:)

after my first final read-through. yes, those are pjs, and yes, it was 3pm when i took this picture. 

b. working on ashlyne.co (on the back end) to update a lot of things! including a store!!!!!

c. real estate (i do have another job!) 

d. working on the sequel to falling stars. 

e. working on one of the recordings of the songs that i wrote for the book

f. schedules and such for the rest of the year (i.e. book tour, etc.!)

g. way too many trips to barnes & noble

h. reading novel after novel...i love being a writer. means i get to read during the work day and not feel guilty about it! 

i. designing new piecemeal cards for my etsy shop and my new online store! 


so, as you can see, i haven't been sitting like a bump on a log, but that doesn't give me an excuse!

i hope your january has been filled with lots of fun and planning for the year ahead:)